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EmeraldIsle1703's City Tips

If you wish to do as much as possible, the Dublin Bus 3 day-pass is brilliant (30 € for Adults and 14 € for Children under 14 y.o.):
◾3 days (72hrs) unlimited travel
◾Valid on Dublin Bus Tour – Hop on Hop off and All Dublin Bus scheduled services including Airlink and Xpresso, excluding Nitelink.
◾Airlink Express between Dublin Airport, City Centre & Heuston & Connolly Rail Stations
◾All Dublin Bus scheduled services
You can get it at the Aiport in Dublin, Terminal 1, at the Tourist Office.

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EmeraldIsle1703 Says:

Here you'll get some good food at lunch time downstairs, and some great traditional music upstairs at night (till 2am!). Lovely atmosphere!

Great if you want to eat quick and well...and Japanese of course. There are 2 Yamamoris: one near Ha'Penny Bridge which is specialized in Sushis, and one on George's street which is specialized in Asian noodles. It's up to you really ;-)

If I were you I would go to that pub when the weather is good: what I like about it is the terrace, because the pub is situated in the pedestrian streets, so there are not so many cars (but there are, be careful).

If you like hiking, take the Bus number 44 in the city centre (O'Connell street, a bit below the Cathal Brugha street) and go to Enniskerry. From there walk up the village and try to reach Glencullen (Johnnie Fox's Pub, the highest pub in Ireland) for example. You'll have a fabulous day!

Those 2 actors are just brilliant, I'm tellin' you! They have a great passion for theatre and it is contagious! I will want to read all the Irish literature after being on the Tour. I think it is not very expensive for what it is (13 Euros).
You can even win something if you are listening carefully and answer correctly to their quiz. GREAT FUN!

Very nice park for some peace. Everywhere in the park, statues of famous people (Oscar Wilde, Robert Emmett etc...) are hidden. You have maps to help you locate them. In the summer, I would recommend that you grab a sandwich and have a picnic in the green-green grass!

Trinity College is where many Irish intellectuals have studied. And I think that helps making the building magnificent and impressive. Get a feeling of being a student again, and have a walk in there, Jonathan Swift will welcome you at the front door :-)

There are 2 PorterHouse bars in Dublin, one is near the Botanic Gardens and one is in Temple Bar. If you like beers and wish to try some from all over the world. Great Rock concerts on Saturday nights in the Temple Bar one.

This museum has opened its doors quite recently, and I think it is brilliant. Everything in there are small little things linked to Dublin City, and the guide will tell you the story all the stories for each object. When I was there, there was a painting and we were being told it's story, and the woman painted on it was there on the tour with us and she told us more things about the story, that was fantastic!

If you have seen "In the name of the Father" with Daniel Day Levis, you have probably seen this prison on TV.
This is where Eamon De Valera, Charles Stewart Parnell, Robert Emmett, James Connonlly etc have been emprisonned for planning the Easter Rising (Irish Revolution).The way the jail is built (see photo above), like an oval, is for the prisoners to keep on eye on themselves, isn't that brilliant? If you like Irish History, that is a MUST, and you will not regret it.

Try and get a student from Trinity college to bring you there for FREE!
Did you notice that this library was the one which inspired the library in Harry Potter? Well, yes!
The book of Kells in a manuscript written and designed by Irish monks from County Wicklow. Every drawing on each page of this book has been made manually, amazing work!

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Trinity College students can bring people for free to the Library and see the book of Kells.

O'Connell street is the main avenue in Dublin City. You will find the statues of 3 big men involved in Irish History: Daniel O'Connell (the street was named after him), Jim Larkin, and Charles Stewart Parnell near the Ambassador building.
In the middle you will see a kind of "needle", which locals call the "Spire". Before that was "Nelson's pillar" which was destroyed by Irish republicans in 1966.

Molly is the emblem of Dublin City. There is a song, made famous by Irish band "The Dubliners" called Molly Malone, and tells about the story about this poor girl wandering about the streets of Dublin, selling crackles and mussels. Ask a local if she existed or not, and they won't be able to tell. Between Legend and Reality, like most things in Ireland :)

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Molly used to be at the beginning of Grafton Street but has now moved to Suffolk street near the Tourist office (the one in the Cathedral).

If you like Irish history, that's a place where you should go! Definitely worth it! There are now over one million Dubliners buried in Glasnevin, and among them, some very famous ones like Roger Casement, Brendan Behan, Michael Collins, Eamon de Valera, Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa and Daniel O'Connell, who founded this cemetary... etc... The guides are brilliant, and will take you back in the days.

The General Post Office is where the Easter Rising (Irish Revolution) took place in April 1916 and the building had been totally destroyed. However they have rebuilt it the same way, and I get emotional even going to post a letter, it is so strange :)

If you are a whiskey fan, then I would recommend. Very interesting tour, and at the end they will give you samples of several Scottish and Irish whiskeys (of course you're supposed to say Jameson is the best :) ) and give you a certificate of whiskey taster.

For 10 euros you can experience the Greyhound races, a very local activites. You will be among people who come regularly, and if you ask they will probably explain what their strategy is, so then you will be able fully equipped to bet with little money, just for the fun!